Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #15 on: Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 13:27:01 » |
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I understand the signings bit, but as we have no clue what our own budget is how does any fan know what other teams budgets are?
It's just a bit of fun. New season about to start, if you can't get a bit of a buzz about it, probably time to do something else on a Saturday afternoon. My buzz is only just about registering on the Richter Scale. Mainly, as I take your point about having no clue about any of our players, and next to none about the opposition. Finding out is where the fun lies.
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« Reply #16 on: Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 13:40:30 » |
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Have no idea where we will end up in the league.
Would expect the team to be competitive in every game (physically and also technically & tactically, albeit based on seeing one performance so far) and also strong at home, maybe after a shaky start to begin with. Then see where that takes us. If there is also defensive solidity and we become "difficult to beat" then it could turn out to be decent season.
Looking forward to it anyway.
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Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change? Crap!
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« Reply #17 on: Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 13:44:40 » |
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My buzz has been diminished substantially by the two games I can actually get to comparatively easily (Morecambe and Carlisle) both being scheduled whilst I am on holiday!
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« Reply #18 on: Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 16:32:10 » |
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1-8 somebody 9. Swindon 10 - whatever is left : somebody
I think we will fall short due to not having enough goals in us, as things stand. Don't really care about the rest.
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« Reply #19 on: Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 18:07:21 » |
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Was going to go into a long rant about how I haven't a clue about anyone else and hope we just do well. Wobbly bob summed it up perfectly
Would expect to us to be around 6-10th
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« Reply #20 on: Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 15:16:23 » |
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« Reply #21 on: Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 15:32:12 » |
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I've not got my buzz on yet, maybe it will come on Saturday or maybe it will need to wait until our first home game and seeing how our new team lines up and plays to get a feel for the new players
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« Reply #22 on: Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 15:32:42 » |
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One comment from Crawley did make me smile, how about lofty expectations after a few pre season wins vs lower league opposition. FANS’ EXPECTATIONS: Optimistic following appointment in May of former Liverpool and Leeds star Harry Kewell as head coach. Lively showing in pre-season with wins against East Grinstead, Oakwood, Dulwich Hamlet and Bognor Regis Town plus an encouraging draw with strong Chelsea U23s team. Only defeats came against Premier League new boys Brighton plus Portsmouth after having led in the first half.
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« Reply #23 on: Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 18:24:43 » |
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FourFourTwo's season preview prediction for league 2:
1: Mansfield 2: Luton 3: Wycombe 4: Accrington 5: Stevenage 6: Carlisle 7: Exeter 8: Coventry 9: Colchester 10: Notts County 11: Lincoln 12: Cambridge 13: Swindon 14: Port Vale 15: Crewe 16: Chesterfield 17: Newport 18: Forest Green 19: Grimsby 20: Morecambe 21: Crawley 22: Barnet 23: Cheltenham 24: Yeovil
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« Reply #24 on: Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 18:26:16 » |
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Bleak.
But at least it's not 23rd or 24th.
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Dr Pierre Chang
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« Reply #25 on: Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 18:58:12 » |
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Bleak.
But at least it's not 23rd or 24th.
We have just endured what is regarded by many as our worst ever season....Flitcroft has assembled a bunch of journeymen who certainly give us a fighting chance of retaining our FL status, something which has been at huge risk for a couple of seasons now. Myself, I'd be happy with an upturn in home form and perhaps (living dangerously I know) even a couple of draws on the road....it is going to take some turnaround to see anything other than a fight to stay up .
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« Reply #26 on: Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 19:01:59 » |
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If Chang, Reg and FourFourTwo think we're not going to be challenging I'm more confident than ever.
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« Reply #27 on: Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 19:04:42 » |
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Haha I was channelling my inner Reg (god he has spouted some shite this summer). I'm expecting play offs minimum, and I am pleased to note Flitcroft has made it completely clear that promotion is the aim. He still expects to add some quality, so our business is far from over, and we are not shaping up too badly considering the state we were in at the start of the summer. I'm looking forward to it all starting again
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« Reply #28 on: Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 19:36:22 » |
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Haha I was channelling my inner Reg (god he has spouted some shite this summer). I'm expecting play offs minimum, and I am pleased to note Flitcroft has made it completely clear that promotion is the aim. He still expects to add some quality, so our business is far from over, and we are not shaping up too badly considering the state we were in at the start of the summer. I'm looking forward to it all starting again Out of interest, did you go to public school?
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« Reply #29 on: Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 20:07:03 » |
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FourFourTwo's season preview prediction for league 2:
1: Mansfield 2: Luton 3: Wycombe 4: Accrington 5: Stevenage 6: Carlisle 7: Exeter 8: Coventry 9: Colchester 10: Notts County 11: Lincoln 12: Cambridge 13: Swindon 14: Port Vale 15: Crewe 16: Chesterfield 17: Newport 18: Forest Green 19: Grimsby 20: Morecambe 21: Crawley 22: Barnet 23: Cheltenham 24: Yeovil
Bollocks. If we finish below Accrington, Stevenage, Wycombe and Carlisle (next to no business this summer, shite the back end of last year) then a) we've failed spectacularly and b) I'll eat my hat.
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